Dalí by Christopher Masters - ISBN: 9780714833385
Paperback
Unleash the bizarre: Dali’s provocative art shook the 20th century.

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  • Paperback

    128 pages

  • Release Date

    12 August 1998

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Summary

Salvador Dali (1904-89) was one of the most controversial and paradoxical artists of the twentieth century. A painter of considerable virtuosity, he used a traditional illusionistic style to create disturbing images filled with references to violence, death, cannibalism and bizarre sexual practices, from the extraordinary limp watches in The Persistence of Memory to the gruesome monster in Soft Construction with Boiled Beans: Premonition of Civil War and the fetishistic lobs…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780714833385
ISBN-10:071483338X
Author:Christopher Masters
Publisher:Phaidon Press Ltd
Imprint:Phaidon Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:128
Release Date:12 August 1998
Weight:518g
Dimensions:305mm x 225mm x 8mm
Series:Colour Library
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“Ideal introductions for students and museum-goers.“—Independent

“Phaidon’s excellent Colour Library series: […] a good introduction to nearly 50 key artists and movements in art history.“—Antiques Trade Gazette

“The Phaidon Colour Library Series provides an invaluable introduction to key artists and movements in art history.“—Art & Craft

About The Author

Christopher Masters

Christopher Masters is an art historian with a special interest in the art of the early twentieth century.

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